[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 791 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 791

 To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the women's business 
                            center program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 1999

Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Levin, 
  Mr. Enzi, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
   Akaka, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
Cleland, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Burns, and Mr. Leahy) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                           on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the women's business 
                            center program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Business Centers 
Sustainability Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
656) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) Eligibility For Additional Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a private 
        organization that has received financial assistance under this 
        section pursuant to a grant, contract, or cooperative 
        agreement, and that is in the final year of a 5-year project or 
        that has completed a project financed under this section (or 
        any predecessor to this section), may apply for financial 
        assistance for an additional 5-year project under this section.
            ``(2) Conditions for participation.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of this section, as a condition of receiving 
        financial assistance authorized by this subsection, an 
        organization described in paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) shall meet such requirements as the 
                Administration shall establish to promote the viability 
                and success of the program under this section, in 
                addition to the requirements set forth in this section; 
                and
                    ``(B) shall agree to obtain, after its application 
                has been approved and notice of award has been issued, 
                cash contributions from non-Federal sources for each 
                year of additional program participation in an amount 
                equal to 1 non-Federal dollar for each Federal 
                dollar.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 29(k) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to carry out 
        the projects authorized under this section, of which, in each 
        fiscal year, not more than 40 percent may be used to carry out 
        projects funded under subsection (l).''.
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